Pregnancy achieved by transfer of thawed day 3 embryos that had been frozen after assisted hatching: a case report
Bülent Haydardedeoğlu1, Esra Bulgan Kılıçdağ1, Tayfun Bağış1
1Başkent University Faculty of Medicine Departmet of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Reproductive Endocrinology Ivf Unit, Adana, Turkey.
Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association
|March 5, 2014
Abstract:
Assisted Hatching (AH) is performed to increase implantation rates in assisted reproductive techniques, especially recurrent implantation failure and older age group. AH can be performed to four different techniques as laser, mechanical, enzymatic, chemical methods. In the literature, there is limited data about embryo freezing after AH. Herein, a successful pregnancy, which was achieved by transfer of thawed 3rd day embryos that had been frozen after AH, is presented.


